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title: Like, which letter tricked the king, though? — Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Like, which letter tricked the king, though? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 2 · ★ · Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged le…

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Like, which letter tricked the king, though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** letter · **What happens:** trick · **To what, where:** king

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1666 «Tales from the Fjeld, King Lindorm, part 55: the forged letters and the flight to the hut» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1666-pg5615-part55/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:t2:1
# text = Like, which letter tricked the king, though?
1	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | which letter | the king |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The letter that said the whelps and queen should be burned at dawn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:t2:o1:1
# text = The letter that said the whelps and queen should be burned at dawn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	whelps	whelp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the letter | the whelps and queen |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent whelp=Topic |
| 2 | **burn** | should · passive |  | the letter |  |  | dawn |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The letter that ordered the queen's death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:t2:o2:1
# text = The letter that ordered the queen's death
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | the letter | the queen's death |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |
| 2 | **die** |  | the queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The one about the sheep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:t2:o3:1
# text = The one about the sheep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The one saying the whelps get burned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1666-pg5615-part55:t2:o4:1
# text = The one saying the whelps get burned
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	whelps	whelp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	burned	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the one *not said here* | the whelps |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent whelp=Topic |
| 2 | **burn** | present · passive |  | the one |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

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